Joël Fisler works at the IT services of the University of Zurich. His tasks cover supporting the open source learning management system OLAT and the continuing development of eLML. Both OLAT and eLML are strategic e-learning tools at the University of Zurich. He originally studied environmental sciences at the Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zurich and later was the coordinator of the GIS e-learning project GITTA presented in this paper. Until summer 2010 he is on a leave of absence and living with his wife and their son near Los Angeles, CA.

 

Articles by Joël Fisler

OLAT: Swiss Quality Open Source LMS

(2/24/10)
OLAT is a Java-based, open source, enterprise class learning management system developed and maintained by the University of Zurich. While it may be a new name to many readers, OLAT already has a world-wide distribution, with current versions in 15 languages. This article presents an overview of the LMS and its features.